Full Name Eschal Miller Role Film actress Name Nan Grey | Years active 1934-41 Occupation Actress Children Jan Steiger, Pam Donner | |
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Books Children and TV: Television's Impact on the Child Movies Three Smart Girls, The Invisible Man Retu, Dracula's Daughter, Three Smart Girls Grow Up, Sea Spoilers Similar People Frankie Laine, Joe May, Henry Koster, Lambert Hillyer, James Cruze | ||
NAN GREY TRIBUTE
Nan Grey (July 25, 1918 – July 25, 1993) was an American film actress.
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Early years
Grey was born Eschal Loleet Grey Miller in Houston, Texas. In 1934, she went to Hollywood with her mother for a holiday. She was persuaded by a friend to take a screen test and ended up in pictures.
Grey attended the school that Universal Studios operated for children who had film contracts.
Film
Grey's screen debut was in 1934 in Warner Brothers' Firebird. She starred opposite John Wayne in the 1936 film Sea Spoilers. Grey appeared in the Universal Monsters films Dracula's Daughter (1936) and The Invisible Man Returns (1940). She also appeared in the popular 1936 musical comedy Three Smart Girls as well as the 1939 sequel Three Smart Girls Grow Up.
Radio
Grey played Kathy Marshall in the NBC radio soap opera Those We Love 1938-1945.
Invention
In the 1960s, Grey invented and marketed a cosmetic mirror especially suited to nearsighted women. An obituary noted, "Among its users was Princess Grace of Monaco."
Personal life
On May 4, 1939, Grey married U. S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey Jack Westrope in Phoenix, Arizona.
She married singer Frankie Laine in June 1950, and Laine adopted Grey's daughters (Pam and Jan) from her marriage to Westrope. The Laines' forty-three year union lasted until her death from heart failure on July 25, 1993, her 75th birthday.